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As the argument escalated, police said Cortez told Fine, "Hey, homey, I have something for you" and stabbed Fine in the abdomen. Soon, the entire group was fighting, police said.

Investigators believe Cortez was the stabbing suspect. He told police, according to arrest papers, that the knife used was his and it was in his front right pants pocket prior to the incident. He said he "doesn't know how the knife got out of his pocket or who stabbed" Fine, police said.

Fine and his friends identified Cortez as the stabber.

After the brawl, police said, the bouncers fled the bar and ran toward the Tractor Supply store near the exit from Route 29. Hanover police tracked Cortez down by the store, arrest papers say. Fine, who spent several days in the hospital, was charged with simple assault and harassment for his role in the fight that left Cortez with injuries, police said.

Police confirmed the suspect and the two others working the door were employed by the bar.

"That's been confirmed by the investigation. They are employees of the bar," Hanover Township police Chief Al Walker said.

A message left at the Slate Bar was not immediately returned Friday.

Cortez was arraigned Friday morning by Magisterial District Judge Joseph Halesey and released on $10,000 unsecured bail.

The local office of the state police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement said it is investigating the incident.